The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-02
BRANTLEY AND H0RNING
SECTION FIVE TO BE OUT OF THE
BILL WHEN INTRODUCED.

The Measure Still Withheld in Defer
ence to a Request From Savannah
The Senator Grows Caustic in Allud-
ing to the Criticism Heaped Upon
Him.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 1.-Senator Brant-
ley was out of the city when the News,
containing the article and interview on his
naval stores bill reached Atlanta He said
to the NEWS correspondent tonight; II
intended to have introduced the naval
stores BILL as amended to-day, but l havo
been requested by telegraph from Savannah
to await the reception of documents with
signatures. As my motive for inserting
section into the bill seems to be a matter
of speculation in Savannah and generously
explained by leading factor on the broad
ground of ignorance l think might with
propriety set the matter at rest.
HE COULD RETALIATE.
~ could retaliate and charge ignorance
upon the other side-ignorance of the COM
mon rules of courtesy-but | forbear and
attribute the interview and editorial of the
NEWS to mistake. Certainly when ] SUD-
mitted the naval stores bill TO the Board OF
Trade of Savannah, telling them that |
would withhold its introduction for
a few days in order TO hear
from them, and that we would
try and remove any objection they might
have to it, | did not imagine the bill would
be criticised in the manner it has been, or
that my motives would be brought into dis
cussion in the public prints. The time for
that would have been after the bill was in
troduced.
NOT CONSIDERED SPICY.
81 want to say, too, in justice to the fac-
tors, brokers and exporters generally OF 6a-
vannah that while spicy letters may have
been sent me, have not received them, uIl-
less indeed the letter of the leading factor to
me could be SO denominated, and did not
construe it to be one, barring the first part
written, as | thought, under a misapprehen-
sion. IL was a practical, business-like com-
nonsense letter. ! appreciated it as such
and so wrote him, and l apprehend that he
cannot point TO single instance where
have refused to consider suggestion offered.
HOW THE BILL WAS FRAMED.
"The bin you telegraphed to Savannah,
and which YOU will endorse me in saying
that opposed giving TO the press, until it
had been perfected, was brought about In
compromising spirit, and for fear that too
much honor has been heaped upon me, L
want to tell just how it originated. The
piOuuCelS ussb dtIttu upon ~ blu niuCu iSoS
radical than the one they first suggested.
This bill Senator J. 7. Hand aud myself laid
before the Chatham county delegation, and
at consultation held by Capt. Gordon, Col.
Reilly, Senator Hand and myself, the bill
you photographed was framed.
ONLY ROUGH SKETCH.
"In trying 10 be conciliatory we mayhav
gone too far, but we desire to give tha
freest scope possible TO the trade condstenu
with fair dealing, and besides the bill was
not framed for immediate introductions,
but simply as basis from which, after con-
sidering the suggestions that we proposed
to write and did write, proper
and perfect bill might be made. Sec
tion B of the bill which has been
so freely criticised, deem il due TO myself
to say that it was put in at the suggestion
of Capt w w. Gordon. In putting it in
we, of course, did not consider that we were
legalizing 'horning." But without discuss
ing that question I would say that have
received enough suggestions from producers,
buyers and factors to authorize me In elimi-
Mating section from the bill, and it will
not appear in the bill when introduced